Nicky Bomba is a true musical maverick. Call him a gypsy, a troubadour or a pioneer – no matter how you see him he’s a man who is motivated by his muse and one who has taken a remarkable journey. He first gained public attention in the mid 90’s with his band The Truth and became part of Australia’s emerging funk scene with contemporaries like Skunkhour, Supergroove, Dig, … [Read more...]
Sticky Fingers – Rolling Stones
Man I love this album. Yeah, I know that every hard core Stones connoisseur will tell you that Exile On Main Street is the album where the distillation of their garage, blues, country and rock n’ roll influences fused to create their finest recorded moment (and I love that album too), but my favourite Stones album is Sticky Fingers. To be honest it’s hard to separate the … [Read more...]
Little Richard’s Greatest Hits – Recorded Live at the Club Okeh, Hollywood.
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Okeh Club. We’re featuring here tonight the king of rock n’ roll and when I say the king of rock n’ roll I mean his majesty! A big round of applause for the one and only Little Richard!” Whether you agree with the emcee’s exalted claim in the intro for this album or not there’s no doubting Little Richard’s phenomenal … [Read more...]
Karl Wallinger – Podcast
Karl Wallinger would have to be one of the most underrated artists in popular music. From the mid 80's through to the late 90's his band World Party released a string of remarkable records that never seemed to find the audience they deserved. Admittedly World Party's second album Goodbye Jumbo was named album of the year in 1990 by Q magazine and was also nominated for Best … [Read more...]
Learning To Crawl – Pretenders
The Pretenders, what a band! The original line up of Chrissie Hynde (rhythm guitar, vocals), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar), Pete Farndon (bass) and Martin Chambers (drums) only managed to survive through two albums before Jimmy and Pete lost their lives through drug abuse. Learning To Crawl was the band’s third album and while only half of the original line up remained, … [Read more...]